Potter County, South Dakota

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Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 2,693. Its county seat is Gettysburg ⁶.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,327 km² (898 mi²). 2,244 km² (866 mi²) of it is land and 83 km² (32 mi²) of it (3.56%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into three areas of unorganized territory: West Potter, Central Potter, and East Potter.

[edit] Major Highways

U.S. Highway 83
U.S. Highway 212
South Dakota Highway 20
South Dakota Highway 47

South Dakota Highway 1804

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Walworth County, South Dakota - north
Edmunds County, South Dakota - northeast
Faulk County, South Dakota - east
Hyde County, South Dakota - southeast
Sully County, South Dakota - south
Dewey County, South Dakota - west

[edit] Demographics

Potter County Population by year
1900 - 2,988 1910 - 4,466 1920 - 4,382 1930 - 5,762 1940 - 4,614 1950 - 4,688 1960 - 4,926 1970 - 4,449 1980 - 3,674 1990 - 3,190 2000 - 2,693

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 2,693 people, 1,145 households, and 767 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² (3/mi²). There were 1,760 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.14% White, 0.82% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. 0.19% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,145 households out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.20% were married couples living together, 4.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 31.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 3.90% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 25.70% from 45 to 64, and 25.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

	State of South Dakota
Capital	Pierre
Regions	Badlands \| Black Hills \| Coteau des Prairies
Cities	Aberdeen \| Brandon \| Brookings \| Huron \| Madison \| Mitchell \| Pierre \| Rapid City \| Sioux Falls \| Spearfish \| Sturgis \| Vermillion \| Watertown \| Yankton
Counties	Aurora \| Beadle \| Bennett \| Bon Homme \| Brookings \| Brown \| Brule \| Buffalo \| Butte \| Campbell \| Charles Mix \| Clark \| Clay \| Codington \| Corson \| Custer \| Davison \| Day \| Deuel \| Dewey \| Douglas \| Edmunds \| Fall River \| Faulk \| Grant \| Gregory \| Haakon \| Hamlin \| Hand \| Hanson \| Harding \| Hughes \| Hutchinson \| Hyde \| Jackson \| Jerauld \| Jones \| Kingsbury \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Lincoln \| Lyman \| Marshall \| McCook \| McPherson \| Meade \| Mellette \| Miner \| Minnehaha \| Moody \| Pennington \| Perkins \| Potter \| Roberts \| Sanborn \| Shannon \| Spink \| Stanley \| Sully \| Todd \| Tripp \| Turner \| Union \| Walworth \| Yankton \| Ziebach